Paul Zeleza, of Cheshire, vice president of academic affairs at Quinnipiac University, has written a new book, "Africa's Resurgence: Domestic, Global and Diaspora Transformations." "The book is written in a way that makes it accessible not only to specialists in African studies, but the general public," Zeleza said. "It very broadly tackles a whole range of issues in terms of what has happened in Africa and Africa's engagements with the rest of the world over the last 50 years." Topics include political, economic development and human rights issues as well as the impact of globalization on Africa, the continent's relationships with its...

Paul Zeleza, of Cheshire, vice president of academic affairs at Quinnipiac University, has written a new book, "Africa's Resurgence: Domestic, Global and Diaspora Transformations."
"The book is written in a way that makes it accessible...

In the West Harlem neighborhood where Columbia University would build the Obama presidential library, residents are accustomed to change. But they have not always welcomed it.
The proposed library would be a cornerstone of Columbia's massive expansion...

A professor who taught anatomy and physiology and was highly regarded by both his students and fellow faculty members was shot and killed by his ex-wife in an apparent murder-suicide at the University of South Carolina, a coroner said Friday.Sunghee...

The Museum of Contemporary Art's blockbuster "David Bowie Is" exhibit closes Sunday and, therefore, you have only a handful of days left to experience the following uncommon phenomena: packed MCA galleries.
Moreover, because the show was...

CHAMPAIGN — At most Illinois basketball games, Ben Rapp is watching with friends in some of the worst seats in the house.
"Near the very top," said Rapp, 34, of Princeton, Ill.
But for Saturday's game against Kennesaw State, he was sitting...

Two academic programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have begun the process of rehiring controversial professor James Kilgore — a decision that could have financial implications for the public university system.
Kilgore, who spent...

She was a college senior when she began hearing voices: matter-of-fact ones, at first, observing, "She's early," or "She's late," and then bolder ones blaring messages about politicians, aliens and psychic phenomena. Diagnosed with...

Last year Martha Montalvo-Ariri underwent a routine hysterectomy to help treat painful uterine fibroids. During surgery, her doctor used a morcellator, a device that cuts the tissue into pieces so it can be removed through small incisions.
Ten days after...

After a decade of rancorous debate over the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy, experts from more than a dozen top medical organizations worldwide have finally come to something resembling a consensus. What did they decide, and why are women...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Female doctors earn an average of $56,000 less each year than male doctors, according to a new study, which found that gap hasn't budged since the late 1980s. Researchers used a nationally-representative survey conducted in...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strict school lunch standards that are similar to new regulations from the U.S. government may be tied to healthier body weights among students, according to a new study. "I think it's evidence that healthier school...

Imagine, for a moment, what might happen if science succeeds in eradicating disease and people live far longer than they do today.
Do we toast to the extra years spent embracing loved ones and traveling the planet (maybe other planets?) and learning...

Illinois' number of Hispanic women reporting that they were in fair or poor health was the highest in the nation, according to a 2009 study, and efforts are growing to figure out why.
Researchers want specifics on why 34.3 percent of Latino women in...

Drinking soda is linked to obesity, but new research shows it may be in ways that complicate attempts to tax sweetened drinks as a weapon in the fight against bulging waistlines.
Ketan Patel, a doctoral student in economics at Northwestern University,...

Women who report sexual violence on college campuses seldom see their accused attackers arrested and almost never see them convicted, according to a Tribune survey of several Midwestern universities.
The survey of six schools in Illinois and Indiana...

As a family practitioner in Naperville, Dr. Sheron Brown is used to referring her patients to specialists. She's less accustomed to patients informing her that they need a referral.
But such was the case with a woman who called Brown to say she had...

It can take years for people with cerebral palsy, autism, schizophrenia or Down syndrome to find trusted physicians to oversee their health. Now, families and advocates say, those medical relationships are being threatened as Illinois rolls out a new...

For decades, Betty Finn and Jim Degnan had to relive the gruesome details of their sister’s murder.
Every year for 29 years, they attended parole hearings for William Heirens -- Chicago’s notorious “Lipstick Killer” who confessed to three killings in the...

Although drinking too much alcohol impairs judgment and motor skills, intoxicated trauma-center patients also appear to be less likely to have potentially fatal problems such as heart and renal failure, a statistical study by a University of Illinois at...

After learning she needed cataract surgery for her weakening eyesight, Merle Gordon decided to wait a few months until her ophthalmologist could offer laser surgery with more precision.She's glad she did. Gordon received a new type of laser surgery on...